wyeast scottish ale yeast

[boab42stout]

I have just orderest a y yeast smack pack its a scotish ale yeast for an IPA anyone used this

 

[graysalchemy]

No but i have used wlp-0028 Edinburgh ale yeast and IMHO i would say that it would be totally in appropriate for an IPA. You want something more neutral to allow the hops and malt to come through.

 

[boab42stout]

Hi there i would usualy use the whitelabs edinborough but have ran out and the harvested yeast was past its best i might just wait and get some edinborough ale yeas later for ipa

 

[Hopshed]

It's the same strain as 1725 (apparently). If i was using these for an IPA, I'd be sure to mash on the low side.

 

[zgoda]

My "go to" yeast for any British style beer, except it sometimes fails to attenuate fully in stouts. Good clean profile, like Notty but better.

 

[boab42stout]

I just tried the wyeast took a while to start working the house was a bit cold but its working away nicely now.

 

[boab42stout]

I decided on the belhaven 80/ in the end

 

[Dr Mike]

Got a brew on at the moment with wlp028. It's a 1880s Youngers' IPA recipe so yeast should be appropriate to the recipe.

Does seem to be a slow fermenter. Grew it in a 1.8L starter on a stir plate and it was going within 6hrs of pitching but seems to have really slowed down after a day or two. After 5 days it's only gone from 1052 to 1032 and only dropped 4 points in the last 2 days. Given it a good stir tonight so hopefully that should have got it going again. (Fermenting at 20C)

 

[boab42stout]

I usually get whitelabs and use a stir plate and starter but wanted to try wyeast its the first time i used a smack pack.
Its slow to start i have no room for a temp control so its sitting at 20 to 21 most of the time in livingroom hope it turns out ok

 

[phettebs]

Wyeast's Scottish ale yeast is my go-to for all Scottish beers. I really like it. I haven't tried it in anything other than /- and wee heavy beers though.